Outside the Rebirth Bar, Lin Feng put on a loose coat, covered his face, climbed out from under a manhole cover in an inconspicuous corner, and headed towards the back door of the Rebirth Bar.

Several motorcycles were parked in the alley behind the bar, and a few young men were standing on the back of the motorcycles, flirting and swaying wildly to the rock music playing on the motorcycles.

Lin Feng lowered his hat, silently walked past the group of people, and headed towards the entrance to the afterlife.

Gazing at the shimmering light at the entrance to the afterlife, Lin Feng took a deep breath, feeling the empowerment within his body, and stepped down.

This was a high-stakes gamble. He had a high chance of winning, but it was still a gamble. He gambled on getting Roger's phone call, using a worthless check to gamble on Roger's lingering feelings for Johnny, on Roger's inner guilt, and on this uninvited visit, hoping it could turn the tide.

After all these changes, who knows if it won't affect Rogue and make him different from the game?

Johnny, a reckless young man driven by fate, carries a nuclear bomb to bomb Arasaka Tower, dies, and is uploaded to the virtual human realm within Koukai.

Roger, one of Johnny's many girlfriends, is also the woman who betrayed all her friends after Johnny's death and took the position of Night City's most powerful middleman.

The Divine Vehicle is a special server used by Arasaka to store human consciousness.

Knock knock knock...

Lin Feng walked down the steps. The music in the Laisheng Bar had changed, and it was somewhat gloomy, lacking its usual vitality.

There were only a handful of mercenaries left in the bar, and the gold that had been piled up in the middle of the bar had vanished without a trace.

Lin Feng's gaze slowly swept across the interior of the bar. In truth, the tragic state of the afterlife was all his doing, making the most powerful middleman in Night City a laughing stock. Most of the mercenaries employed by her disappeared overnight.

Turning his gaze away, Lin Feng walked with practiced ease toward the private room where Roger often sat.

Rogge's bodyguards blocked the entrance to the private room. Lin Feng gently raised his hand, and a demonic hand, twice the thickness of a normal arm, emerged from his robe and pressed down on the bodyguard's shoulder.

Immediately afterwards, demonic power continued to gather into the demon's hand, unleashing an even more powerful force.

The bodyguard's legs straightened instantly, just as he was about to retaliate, when a chilling aura emanated from the black energy and pierced his body.

"Rogge." Lin Feng spoke, and the familiar voice immediately stung Rogge's pupils.

"The pangolin, he is my friend."

Roger spoke up to stop the bodyguard from drawing his gun, and just as he looked up, he realized that two dark gun barrels were pointed directly at his head.

This person has three arms...

Pangolin released his grip on the gun handle behind his back, slowly raised his arms, and then stepped aside to enter the private room after Lin Feng moved the gun barrel.

In Night City, it's rare for anyone to undergo non-human modifications. Adding sensory input would increase the burden on the brain and make cyberpsychosis even more insane, like those who are driven mad by lust and think they've grown two sticks.

That's what the pangolin thought of Lin Feng.

"I told you I would contact you." Lin Feng's words carried a hint of familiarity. He sat down opposite Rogge and quietly put away his weapon, then tucked the demonic hand, whose origins were unknown, back into his robe.

Roger squinted at the somewhat familiar face beneath the brim of his coat and asked, "Who are you?"

"Is it important?" Lin Feng asked, his head bowed and his tone flippant. "Johnny has been arrested and locked in a small space. He's been going crazy all day."

"Where is he?!" Upon hearing this, Roger immediately roared coldly, clenched his fists, stood up, and glared at Lin Feng with great rudeness.

At that moment, the bodyguard at the door swiftly drew his gun and pointed it at Lin Feng's head.

The opponent was fast, but Lin Feng was even faster. His high spirit and agility not only allowed him to clearly see every movement of the bodyguard, but also made his reaction time reach its limit.

Click!

The eight-star gun that suddenly appeared in Lin Feng's hand knocked the pangolin's gun away, and at the same time, the safety was released and it was pressed against the pangolin's chin.

Rogge's pupils dilated in shock, and he turned to the pangolin, yelling, "Get lost!"

The pangolin looked at the furious Rogge, then at Lin Feng's calm and composed expression, and finally at the muzzle of the eight-star gun in front of it. Its heart skipped a beat, and it retreated repeatedly.

Letting him leave, Lin Feng calmly put away his gun, smoothed out his coat, and sat back on the sofa, as if what had just happened had never happened, except that a burly man was missing from the doorway of the private room.

"We have the same enemy."

"Araka".

“I helped you rescue Johnny, and I need a little help.”

"Heh, what the hell are you talking about?" Roger sneered. To be an enemy of Arasaka? At this moment, she regained the aura of the strongest middleman in Night City. As the queen of the next life, Roger crossed her legs and sat steadily opposite Lin Feng.

Yeah?

Lin Feng's eyes flickered secretly.

In the game, Rogue, along with his bodyguard and V, stormed into Arasaka Tower, destroyed a satellite with the help of Ultraman, and finally destroyed the sacred vessel, defeated Adam's Hammer, and fought their way through.

But that was just a game, and it was just a "superhero" game. Roger had no idea that V was so powerful that he could turn Adam's hammer into scraps that were repeatedly rubbed against the sole of his shoe.

Getting Rogue to make choices like in the game is not as simple as just having a conversation.

"Do you remember the maglev tunnel that the Night Corporation built a few years ago? One section of it is very close to the Arasaka Tower."

“A year ago, Arasaka opened up the tunnel and built his own private station.”

"Entering here is equivalent to entering the interior of the Arasaka Tower."

"Next, as long as you hack into Arasaka Tower's internal network, you... will be able to rescue Johnny."

The Night Company was happy to provide ample information in this regard, presenting Arasaka's information to Lin Feng without his request. Entering Arasaka via the maglev tunnel was the easiest method, a solution previously offered to V on the Panan branch line, now transformed into Arasaka's private station.

Rogge still sneered. Lin Feng's plan didn't seem very feasible, but it did sound plausible: "You can hack into Arasaka Tower?"

"Ultraman can."

Lin Feng directly uttered the name, and Rogge's indifference intensified. If it weren't for Lin Feng's strength that instilled fear in her, she would have really wanted to shoot him by now.

"You, Ultraman, my companions, some partners who have reservations about Arasaka, and..."

And these two words seemed to possess some kind of magic, stuck in front of the two of them, but Lin Feng did not give an answer. Instead, he slowly said, "Johnny said that this is what you owe them."

In an instant, Rogge's fierce memories were stirred up like a tidal wave. Back then, it was that bastard Johnny who, with the support of military technology, attacked Arasaka with a nuclear bomb, leading to a series of changes.

And later, in order to survive...

Soon, Roger finished reminiscing and, as if possessed, asked, "Can you convince Ultraman?"

Lin Feng said, "I think... even without Johnny, Ultraman wouldn't let go of any information related to the electronic ghost."

Ultraman, a top hacker who uploaded his consciousness to the network, is also one of Johnny's many girlfriends, whose consciousness was similarly uploaded to Kamikoshi. Arakawa retained Johnny's consciousness primarily to counter Ultraman, the top hacker who had become an AI.

Upon hearing Lin Feng's answer, Roger blurted out his doubt: "The electronic ghost is real?"

“Yes.” Lin Feng nodded. If Hong Linggui hadn’t been absent, he would have been more than willing to show her what a real ghost was like.

Hearing such a definite answer, Roger felt her perception was being shaken. She had received videos from the mercenaries last night, but this sense of unreality still interfered with her judgment. The female ghost who appeared at the Liz Bar had killed more than ten elite mercenaries with just her bare hands, and the mercenaries' weapons were useless against her.

Seeing that Rogge was wavering, Lin Feng pressed on, saying, "Entering Arasaka Tower is not about 'starting a war with Arasaka.' You rescue Johnny, Ultraman gets the data he wants, and I... need a nuclear bomb."

This is what he didn't say earlier: he needs a nuclear bomb, a real nuclear bomb!

"When it's all over, you will still be you, whether you leave with Johnny or continue to be the queen in the next life."

As Lin Feng calmly recounted the story, Roger's heart gradually calmed down, and he began to seriously consider its feasibility.